State v. Brunson

ANDREW JACKSON HIGGINS, Special Judge.

Appeal from conviction by a jury of burglary, second degree, and stealing. The questions are whether a mistrial should have been declared following mention by a witness that “ * * * we have his record * * * and whether the court erred in allowing the prosecuting attorney to argue for conviction “on the basis of past convictions.” Affirmed.

Appellant does not question the sufficiency of evidence to sustain his conviction. The record shows that a jury reasonably could find that on August 14, 1975, Eddie Brunson broke into the locked dwelling of Ruth E.…